freebsd, quick deployments, shell scripts
At work, I support three operating systems right now for ourselves and our clients: Gentoo, Ubuntu and CentOS. I really like the first two, and I’m not really fond of… Read more »
Category: Programming
pear list
I’ve been tinkering with PEAR at work, switching between using portage to install stuff and sometimes using pear directly to install it. One thing that’d be nice is to get… Read more »
uphpu presentation: ripping dvds
I gave a short presentation last night at uphpu on ripping and encoding DVDs under Linux. I wanted to type up a few notes on some stuff I mentioned during… Read more »
wrapper script for disc_id
I wrote a little wrapper script for disc_id tonight, available here. disc_id is a little binary that ships with libdvdread, or at least, it used to in older versions. I… Read more »
web media frontend
I have always wanted to tweak my HTPC frontend quite a lot to add extra functionality, but the entry barrier to learning a GUI language has been way too high… Read more »
javascript rest api using prototype
JavaScript seems to be in my future, it looks like. Plus a bunch of Warner Archive awesome cartoons on DVD, but I’ll get into that later. I’ve been doing web… Read more »
lost on mvc basics: where to order data
I’m really struggling recently with understanding some basics of MVC. I’m sold on the concept, but confused when it comes to asking hard questions like which kind of data manipulation… Read more »
prototype form serializer gotcha
In learning JavaScript / AJAX, I’ve been using the Prototype library, and I’ve been really happy with it. It’s quickly gotten me able to wrap my head around what the… Read more »
learning javascript
At work, I’m starting on a new Intranet site for the company, and one thing I am really wanting to do is ramp up my JavaScript skills in the process… Read more »
learning c++
I have finally gotten off my butt and started working on a goal that I have had for a very long time: learn some C++. I’ve got two great books… Read more »